The death of Arthur occurred in the year 539 AD, according to Welsh chronicles.<ref>''Annales Cambriae'', which cryptically states only that Arthur and Mordred both fell at the Battle of Camlaan, with no reference to either in the rest of the text.</ref> After Arthur's departure, Britain broke up into warring factions and was not again a united kingdom until the time of [[Alfred the Great]] in the 9th century.
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The death of Arthur occurred in the year 539 AD, according to Welsh chronicles.<ref>''Annales Cambriae'', which cryptically states only that Arthur and Mordred both fell at the Battle of Camlaan, with no reference to either in the rest of the text.</ref> After Arthur's departure, Britain broke up into warring factions and was not again a united kingdom until the time of [[Alfred the Great]] in the 9th century. A Celtic king named Arthur may very well have existed among the Welsh or Britons, but the legend is so obscured by mythical satire, it is at this time indeterminable.